By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS – UN and partners on Wednesday said that they are “seizing every opportunity” provided by the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip to support civilians, providing a surge in aid alongside storage capacity, repair work, lifesaving services and damage assessments.
OCHA said the UN and our partners are dispatching supplies to designated emergency shelters and distribution centres across the Strip.
UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq said in New York “We are distributing food parcels and flour and working to re-open bakeries,” said.
The colleagues from the UN Palestine refugee agency distributed 118 trucks of more than 53,000 food parcels to communities in Khan Younis and to its shelters in Deir Al-Balah.
UNFPA said 20 trucks carrying critical supplies, including for safe births, emergency obstetric care, postpartum kits, contraceptives and winter items, were offloaded in Deir Al-Balah on Tuesday.
Some 20 trucks carrying UNFPA assistance are entering northern Gaza on Wednesday.
UN Office for Project Services is distributing fuel to ensure critical services such as healthcare and water pumping and desalination can run on back-up generators in the absence of electricity.
UN and its partners are also supporting infrastructure repairs, including to water wells and desalination plants.
Mr. Haq added “Our humanitarian partners are carrying out rapid assessments in newly accessible areas to identify people’s most urgent needs, including water, hygiene, sanitation and healthcare.”
They are stepping up disease surveillance efforts, setting up trauma stabilization points for emergency care and mobilizing specialized health teams, he concluded.
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